Tin-transferring machine.



PATENTED JUNE 2,1908.

A. 0. DONELL. TIN TRANSFERRING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION II-LED DEC. 30, 1907.

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Wihwoaeo M PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

A. 0. DONELL. TIN TRANSPBRHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 30, 1907.

Wihwooeo OFFICE.

ADISCH G. DONELL, OF QANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIN-TRANsFEnRiNG MACHINE.

Nassazsse.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnIsoH O. DONELL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Oanonsburg, in the county of Washington and Stateof Penns lvania, have invented certain new and use ul Im rovements inTin-Transferring Machines, 0 which the following is a s ecification,reference being had therein to t e accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a tin transferring machine, and. the primaryobject of the invention is, to provide a novel machine for aptomaticallymoving single sheets or packs 0 tin.

Another object of this invention is to dispense with the manual laborheretofore necessary for transferring plates from one machine toanother, or from a pickling vat to a drying machine. I

Afurther object of this invention is to provide a machine by which theproduction of tin plates will be materially increased and a betterquality of goods produced.

With the above and other objects in view which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and ar-- rangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawin Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine, Fig. 2 is across. sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a front elevation, Fig. 4is asectional view taken on the line y-y of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is anenlarged elevation of a gear wheel supporting member, and Fig. 6 is across sectional view of one of the manipulating wheels.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my machine of two frames1 and 2 connected by tie rods 3. The frames 1 and 2 are formed withguides 4 for adjustable blocks 5 I these blocks being adjusted throughthe medium of screws 6 operating in the frames 1 and 2. In the blocks 5is journaled a shaft 7, and upon said shaft are mounted a plurality ofmanipulating wheels, th'ese wheels being spaced apart by sleeves 9. Eachmanipulating wheel comprises a disk 9 having a plurality ofradiallydisposed horseshoe magnets 10, said magnets being mounted in theperiphery of the disk 9 and protruding therefrom. The sides of the disk9 are provided with an insulating material 11, as ce luloid, andwithheads 12.

The frame 1 is provided with a segment- Specification of Letters Patent.Application fl1ed"December-80,1907. eria1 No. 408,668.

Patented June 2, 1908.

I shaped slotted arm 13,'and adjustably con- Ilected to said arm is a,gear wheel supporting member .14 having a revoluble pinion 15. Thisgear wheel is adapted to mesh with a gear wheel 16 mounted upon the endof the shaft 7. Meshing with the gear wheel 15 is a large gear wheel 17,carried b a shaft 18, which is driven from a suitable source of power.

By providing the adjustable gear wheel su porting member 14, the shaft 7carrying t 1e gear wheel 16 can be elevated or lowered and maintained inmesh, whereby a rotary movement will be imparted to the shaft 7 by theshaft 18. I

The frames 1 and 2 are' rovided with guide-ways 19 for adjustab 0 blocks20, these blocks carrying a longitudinally disposed bar 21 for aplurality of guide strips 22, these strips guiding plates carried by the-magnets 10 of the manipulating wheels.

The lower ends of the guide strips 22 extend in close proximity to aguide plate 23 arranged longitudinally between the frames 1 and 2, theends of said strips and the plate 23 providing an entrance 24, forplates ejected by the rolls of the tinning machine.

In operation, the plates passing between the guide strips 22 and theplate 23 are gripped by the magnets 10 of the manipulatmg wheels,carried upwardly over said wheels, and are precipitated upon a suitableconveyer (not shown), thereby dispensing with the manual'manipulation ofplates ejected by tinning machines In order that the plates will bereleased by the ma nets 10 of the machine, I arrange an inclinecI plate25 between the frames 1 and 2,

this plate engaging the edges of the tin plates carried by the magnetsand forcing said tin plates from the magnets of the manipulating wheels.

It is thought that the construction and operation of m machine will beapparent from the foregoin description taken in connection with therawings, and I desire it to be understood that such changes as arepermissible by the 'ap ended claims may be resorted to without epartingfrom the spirit of the'invention. 1

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. In a machine of the type described embodying frames, an adjustableshaft journaled in said frames, a plurality of manipulating wheelsmounted upon said shaft, each wheel comprising a plurality of radiallydisposed horseshoe magnets; a plurality of adjustable guide stripsmounted between said frames, a guide plate mounted between said framesat the lower ends of said guide strips, a ear wheel carried by saidshaft, an adjustab e ear wheel member carried by one of said rames, agear wheel revolublyoarried by. said member and meshing with the firstmentioned gear wheel, and means for impartin a rota movement to saidgear wheels, suistantial y as described.-

2. In a machine of the type described embodying frames, a plurality ofmanipulating wheels journaled between said frames, each wheel comprisingradially disposed horseshoe magnets, adjustable gui e strips arrangedbetween said frames and the lower ends of said strips, means foradjusting said wheels vertically with relation to said frames, and meansfor imparting a rotary movement to said wheels.

3. A machine of the type described embodying frames, a plurality ofmanipulating wheels journaled between said frames, ma nets carried byWheels, adjustable gui e strips, and means for adjusting saidmanipulating wheels.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

, ADISCH C. DONELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN OARGELLI, B. RIsNoLD.

